[Private Communications] -- [And an OOC]

[kirktastic]

Private Communication to William Shatner (canadianbill):

Hope it's going okay. ...Haven't heard from you, so not sure if stuff just turned sour after our dinner-date or something. From how you reacted, I can only guess Leonard must have been pissed. I hope I didn't fuck up something between you two. Or... us.

Private Communication to Jim Kirk (original_finel):

Want to spar in the gym? I need to, thought you might need to, too.

Private Communication to Marlena Moreau (lt_moreau):

How you doing beautiful?

Private Communication to the Enterprise (1_00110111_01):

Come show that gorgeous hologram around my quarters sometime, when you get a chance.

Private Communication to Spock (Female) (science_blues):

I think you and I need to talk, asap. Can you come meet me in my office at your first available chance? Thanks.

Private Communication to Sulu (hikaru_walter):

How you doing beautiful?

Private Communication to Pasha Chekov (mr_chekov):

...Things work out okay with your mother... Pashachka?



(OOC: Thanks to the notifications and therefore lack of, I'm pretty sure I've completely missed tags from people. If I owe anyone a tag on a thread from the recent two weeks or so, can you leave a little message here with a link? I just keep getting this ugly feeling I'm forgetting something!)

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[science-blues.livejournal.com]

There was something strangely familiar and dissimilar about this situation. Spock would have to note it in her observational journal.

"Insofar as I have noted," Spock replied in even monotone, "the genders of all local individuals are reversed to that of my native plane of existence. It is a fascinating conundrum that I have yet to decode.

"My native Captain, Janessa Kirk," Spock paused, "Though she has required me to refer to her casually by the moniker Jayna... She is a competent officer and a very nuanced individual with a strong personality.

"Her breasts, as I presume that is what you are referring to via the colloquialism rack, are sufficient to her frame. They are nice, nonspecific though that adjective may be," Spock concluded.

"Am I to presume that my native variant is more...jovial? The vernacular you have utilized has indicated a greater level of initial familiarity than any conversations I have engaged in during my time here. I am unable to define the variable that has enabled this difference to occur."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

It was like trying to translate another language. Kirk rubbed a hand over his face as his tattoos started to itch all over again. "He's not... jovial. I don't know he's just more... more..." The word spilled out, "Human. He seems more human to me... less Vulcan-- and I don't mean that as an insult." He held up a hand.

"Janessa?" He thought about it, then asked, "What's her middle name?" It had to be less embarrassing. Jayna. Jim. Interesting.

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

Spock was silent as she considered whether or not to ignore his insinuations about her person. This Kirk was...for lack of a better term, more casual than her own Captain. His indication, though fundamentally flawed in both the literal and metaphorical senses, was not intentional. In the spirit of understanding, Spock refrained from correcting him and ignored the assertion altogether.

"My native Captain's middle name, as it appeared on her informative reports, is Livia."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

He would have disagreed on the flawed, because he only knew what she presented, while she knew herself entirely. Or hoped she did. "LIVIA? Why does she get something normal?!" Kirk threw up his hands, rolling his eyes. "That's bullshit."

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

"I am uncertain," Spock submitted as answer to his rhetorical question. "If I understand correctly, it was a familial internal reference. We have never discussed it.

"Am I to assume your own middle name is of a more obtuse source?" Spock prompted in as near to a casual tone as she ever managed.

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"...family too, just... much worse then Janessa's." Kirk shook his head with a little laugh. He suddenly... stopped. Names. Vulcan. Family.

And looked at Spock.

"Correct me if I'm wrong... I know the language, but I'm not fully versed in every tiny detail but..." He hesitated, and finally asked, "Why are you called Spock, anyway? Isn't that a male name?"

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

"Though the indicators in my name are, in fact, traditionally masculine," Spock explained, "my name is historically referential. The gender normatives are non-applicable in such cases."

Spock paused and arched a brow as she regarded the blonde. "I had not considered it," Spock prefaced evenly, a note of curiosity in her voice, "but does your native Spock possess a middle name?"

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

A middle name? Kirk blinked once, thinking about it. He almost said he didn't know, but something flickered at the edges of his consciousness. He let out a breath as he closed his eyes, and let the memories bubble up to the surface. "S'chn T'gai Spock. His full name." Pronounced accurately. Hard to forget, when the memory of the very man was floating around in his.

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

Spock's brow lifted another millimeter as the human reproduced the name. His pronunciation was accurate, worthy of a small incline of her head. Though, unfortunately, the information was not of particular, specific value.

"Yes, that is our shared familial name," Spock conceded, "However it is not a middle name. As it is nearly a non-practice on modern Vulcan, at least in my native plane of existence, I shall presume that he does not until provided the opportunity to question him further."

She really should have asked the other Spock, but it had not come up. Curious.

"Is there anything else you wish to know or discuss?"

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

Well, now... he just had to ask. "You must have one, then. What is it?" He asked curiously, giving her an interested look. He was no expert on Vulcan names, and no information came to his mind, so the exact depths of that knowledge escaped him.

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

"I do," Spock admitted placidly, "It is Gracen."

Spock was silent a moment, but Kirk's curious tone had implied a desire for knowledge. In the proverbial spirit of sharing, Spock decided to elaborate.

"My father insisted upon it, as a fashion of propagating his own familial name despite the adhesion to Vulcan naming convention. I was curious as to whether or not your native Spock's human parent had felt similarly."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"Gracen." It was... actually sort of pretty. Kirk grinned a little, "How about we call you that? ...Would you be okay with it? At least I could keep you and the other Spocks all on this ship separate from each other."

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

Spock blinked and regarded Kirk in silence as she considered his proposal. It had not occurred to her to suggest utilizing her middle name as a moniker. It was a reasonable suggestion and eliminated the implied inferiority of numerical designation.

It was logical.

"I have no objections to this solution," Spock responded thoughtfully, "Particularly if it will aid in your personal designation process."

[kirktastic.livejournal.com]

"Gracen. I like it." He grinned, "And yes, it'll help." Kirk leaned forward in his seat, meeting her eyes. Same dark eyes... "We've gotten some sort of contact from the planet below. I want a full report of anything we can figure out before we head down there."

[science-blues.livejournal.com]

"Very well, I will assemble what I can," Spock agreed with an incline of her head. "If that is all, Captain, I will begin this task immediately. (http://kirktastic.livejournal.com/33958.html)"